一、补全单词。
天赋加汗水才能成就一位艺术家。
请根据句意和首字母提示补全单词(均为本课时的单词)。
1. The artist showed great a talent in drawing during his childhood.
2. He likes to m himself on a famous painter.
3. A healthy d helps the artist stay focused on his creation.
4. A soft k on the door is needed before entering the artist's room.
5. The artist owns a r collection of ancient artworks.

1. artistic
2. model
3. diet
4. knock
5. rare

【分析】
这类题目要求根据句子含义、首字母提示及语境补全单词，解题思路为：先理解每句的整体意思，判断空格处所需单词的词性，再结合首字母回忆所学词汇，匹配语义和语法逻辑，确定正确单词。
【解析】
1. 句意为“这位艺术家童年时在绘画方面展现出极高的艺术天赋”，空格修饰名词talent需用形容词，首字母为a，故填artistic；
2. 句意为“他喜欢模仿一位著名画家”，固定搭配model oneself on sb表示“模仿某人”，首字母为m，故填model；
3. 句意为“健康的饮食帮助这位艺术家专注于创作”，首字母为d，diet（饮食）符合句意，故填diet；
4. 句意为“进入艺术家的房间前需要轻轻敲门”，固定搭配knock on the door表示“敲门”，首字母为k，故填knock；
5. 句意为“这位艺术家拥有稀有的古代艺术品收藏”，首字母为r，rare（稀有的）符合语境，故填rare。
【答案】
1. artistic
2. model
3. diet
4. knock
5. rare
【知识点】
词汇运用、根据句意及首字母填单词
【点评】
本题考查本课时核心词汇的语境运用，需结合句子含义和固定搭配解题，难度适中，侧重考查学生对基础词汇的掌握程度。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、任务型阅读。
一起来了解中国艺术吧。请阅读下面短文，完成下列任务。
In ancient China, educated men and women practised many arts. The arts of 1. , poetry, and calligraphy were called the “Three Perfections（三
绝）”. All the three arts use a brush, 2. they are often combined in one piece of art.
The 3. Chinese were also famous for porcelain making. Porcelain is thin 4. made from clay. For hundreds of years, the ancient Chinese kept how to make porcelain a(n) 5. . Today, many factories make porcelain plates and lots of other objects 6. throughout the world.
Today many ancient arts are still 7. in China. Two of the most popular art 8. are acrobatics(杂技）and Beijing opera.
Opera often 9. people famous events. In Beijing opera, the performers wear beautiful costumes and 10. faces are painted like masks. Different colours of faces stand for 11. characters. Red means loyalty（忠诚）and goodness, white
means badness or cunning(狡猾）, and black means honesty and strength.
任务一:请用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每个单词限用一次。
secret so ancient painting
china sell form different
tell their popular
任务二:请将下面每小题中的两个句子用不定式(to do)结构合并成一句。
1. Educated people practised the three arts. They wanted to express their thoughts and feelings.

2. The Chinese make porcelain. They want to show their skills to the world.

3. Performers in Beijing opera paint their faces. This helps the audience understand the characters.

任务一:
1. painting
2. so
3. ancient
4. china
5. secret
6. to sell
7. popular
8. forms
9. tells
10. their
11. different
任务二:
1. Educated people practised the three arts to express their thoughts and feelings.
2. The Chinese make porcelain to show their skills to the world.
3. Performers in Beijing opera paint their faces to help the audience understand the characters.

【分析】
本题分为任务一（用方框内单词的适当形式填空）和任务二（用不定式结构合并句子）。任务一需先明确方框内单词的词义、词性，结合句子的语境（句意、逻辑关系）、语法规则（如名词单复数、动词时态、固定搭配）选填单词并调整形式，且每个单词限用一次；任务二需利用不定式作目的状语的用法，将后一句作为前一句动作的目的，合并时把后一句的谓语改为to do结构，置于前一句句末。
【解析】
任务一：
1. 此处指中国“三绝”为绘画、诗歌、书法，故填painting。
2. 前句提到三种艺术都使用毛笔，后句说明它们常结合，为因果关系，故填so。
3. 结合语境，此处指古代中国人以制瓷闻名，故填ancient。
4. 瓷器是由黏土制成的薄陶瓷，故填china。
5. 固定搭配keep a secret（保守秘密），故填secret。
6. 工厂生产瓷器的目的是销往世界各地，用不定式表目的，故填to sell。
7. 句意：如今很多古艺术在中国仍受欢迎，故填popular。
8. 此处指“艺术形式”，two后接名词复数，故填forms。
9. 主语Opera为单数，一般现在时谓语用第三人称单数，故填tells。
10. 此处指表演者的脸，用形容词性物主代词their，故填their。
11. 不同颜色的脸谱代表不同的角色，故填different。
任务二：
1. 后句是前句“练习三种艺术”的目的，用不定式to express作目的状语，合并为：Educated people practised the three arts to express their thoughts and feelings.
2. 后句是前句“制作瓷器”的目的，用不定式to show作目的状语，合并为：The Chinese make porcelain to show their skills to the world.
3. 后句是前句“画脸”的目的，用不定式to help作目的状语，合并为：Performers in Beijing opera paint their faces to help the audience understand the characters.
【答案】
任务一：1. painting 2. so 3. ancient 4. china 5. secret 6. to sell 7. popular 8. forms 9. tells 10. their 11. different
任务二：1. Educated people practised the three arts to express their thoughts and feelings. 2. The Chinese make porcelain to show their skills to the world. 3. Performers in Beijing opera paint their faces to help the audience understand the characters.
【知识点】
英语词汇运用、非谓语动词（不定式）、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查任务型阅读的核心能力，涵盖词汇语境运用、词性变化及不定式的用法，需结合上下文和语法规则解题，难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6